shell plating

However, the damaged shell plating and frame were above the waterline, so the ship was in no danger of sinking.

The shell plating and associated internal support structure are fabricated from steel that has especially good low-temperature strength.

Various compartments were flooded, and the shell plating cracked between the first and second decks.

Shell plating is the outer-most structure on the hull of a steel or aluminum ship or boat.

These punctured her portside shell plating in numerous places and injured one of her crewmen.

The transverses are connected to the shell plating at heavy angles and with a tank top are cut at the margin plate.

The first hit flooded two compartments, the third caused flooding in the forward engine room, and the last caused a small rupture in the shell plating.

The ice strengthening of the hull was defined as a percentage that was added to the minimum requirements set by the classification societies, such as 45% increase in shell plating thickness.

The bomb exploded a few feet close aboard her port side, and its fragments showered the ship and blew a large hole through the shell plating near her forward fireroom.

A fuel oil tank was ruptured, shell plating was torn, a large indentation was formed in the bottom of the ship and bulkheads in the double bottom buckled.

Grain Cube (or Grain Capacity)- The maximum space available for cargo measured in cubic feet, the measurement being taken to the inside of the shell plating of the ship or to the outside of the frames and to the top of the beam or underside of the deck plating.